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SHALBOURNE - SU 36 SW 6/156 Prosperous II House. Early and mid C19. Brick with tiled roof. Centre block 2- storey and attic, 3 bays, with gabled central porch and double glazed doors under round arch.
Jul 6, 2022 · Shalbourne has had many scattered farms. Names from the 1851 census include: Shalbourne Manor Farm; Westcourt Farm (fourteenth-century); East Court Farm; Noons Farm; Brick House Farm; Slope End Farm; and Prosperous Farm, where Jethro Tull (1674-1741) invented the seed drill. Prosperous Farm still prospers.
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The manor of SHALBOURNE washeld by King Edward the Confessor.King William held it in 1086, when2½ hides had been added to the holding of Henryde Ferrers at Bagshot and one was reeve land. (fn. 6) Part of this seems afterwards to have been the serjeanty held in 1210–12 by Roger de Caus for thecustody of a falcon. (fn. 7) In 1217–18 Roger granted the...
The church of ST. MICHAELconsists of chancel 34 ft. 10 in. by 16 ft.6 in., nave 55 ft. by 21 ft. 4 in., southtranseptal chapel 18 ft. 9 in. by 15 ft. 6 in., southaisle 12 ft. wide, south porch, and west tower 10 ft.square, all these measurements being internal. The nave is the oldest part of the building, datingprobably from the 12th century. The n...
In 1217–18 Roger de Causgranted the advowson of the churchhere to Richard Abbot of Bec, (fn. 152) who attached it to the priory of Ogbourne. It wasappropriated (fn. 153) in 1208 to the prebendal stall ofOgbourne in the cathedral of Salisbury. (fn. 154) Theadvowson was held by the priory in 1337–8, (fn. 155) butlater in the 14th century the presenta...
The eleemosynary charities includethe charity of Martha Smith, foundedby will, 1715, being an annunity of £6for distribution of bread on the first Sunday of everymonth. The rent-charge is payable in the proportions of £4 17s. 6d. from the Savernake estate and£1 12s. 6d. from the Fosbury estate; Thomas Henshaw's charity, deed 12 April 1859,consistin...
Returning to England, in 1709 he took into his own hands the farm called Prosperous, at Shalbourne [3] (then in Berkshire, now in Wiltshire). Here, resuming the agricultural efforts he had commenced earlier, he wrote his book Horse-hoeing Husbandry (1731).
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Shalbourne was the site of Prosperous Farm; it lies at the extreme southwest of the parish of Hungerford and is partly in Wiltshire and partly in Berkshire. The question arises as to what was Tull senior's connection with Shalbourne at this date, and whether he was farming Prosperous Farm there.
Thereafter, upon returning to his own country, Tull took into his own hands a farm called Prosperous, at Shalbourne, and started experimenting with new agricultural methods. For the rest of his life, he worked on the farm and played a major role in revolutionizing the British agriculture.
